Research Progress of Dopamine Receptors and Motor Control

Dopamine receptors (DAR) involved in the regulation of many important functions in the brain as the targets of neurotransmitter dopamine(DA), especially in the aspects of motor control, learning and memory, cognition and drug addiction. But there are still a lot of controversies in the regulation of DAR in many neural circuits. In this review, we are focus on the regulation of DAR in the basal ganglia and summarizes the recent discoveries of DAR in motion control in recent years, these findings not only demonstrate the important role of DAR in the regulation of basal ganglia activity, but also serve as an important target for the treatment of basal ganglia diseases.